Issued: 0530hrs Monday 8th June 2026
Duty forecaster: Dan Graves

Often raining and locally heavy across much of central Europe and southern Scandinavia.

Monday
Much of Spain and Portugal will be dry, warm sunshine in the south. Showers affect northern Spain and the Pyrenees, mainly into the afternoon. The Mediterranean is largely fine, hot sunshine for the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia, also much of Italy. Local afternoon showers forming in Italy, perhaps heavy south. Some scattered thundery showers later afternoon for the south Balkans, showers more frequent and also thundery in west Greece and southern Türkiye; other parts of these countries largely bright with only scattered showers.
Areas of heavy rain move eastward over France and into the Low Countries, some thundery bursts possible especially central and eastern France later, pushing toward Switzerland by evening. Some showery rain forms into Austria too. Patchy rain moves into western Germany later, but a dry day further east. Sunny spells for eastern Germany, Czechia, Slovakia and Poland. Light showers for Romania and Bulgaria. Hungary is largely dry and bright too.
Some rain for east Ukraine and Belarus, also the Baltic states, with a risk of very heavy rain in the east Baltic States. An odd shower for Denmark, then rain by evening. Rain moves into southwest Norway, increasingly persistent, heavier later. Outbreaks of rain also for the southern half of Sweden. Drier northwards across Scandinavia, but local showers.

Tuesday
More showers for northern Spain and the Pyrenees Tuesday, dry and bright for the rest of Iberia. Extensive sunshine across the central Mediterranean. Sunshine for most of Italy, a few scattered showers in the south afternoon. Some cloud to the north with precipitation over the mountains. The north Balkans will be dry and mostly sunny, some afternoon showers towards the southern countries. Greece will see extensive afternoon heavy showers on the mainland. Afternoon showers in south Türkiye as well.
An increasingly wet day across northern France into the Low Countries, also breezy near North Sea coasts. Some odd patches of rain to the south and east but sun breaks too. Morning rain in Switzerland moves east into Austria where some heavy showers will occur. Some rain across Germany, mostly towards the north. Rain across Czechia and Slovakia, and well as west Poland; hot in east Poland and Hungary where skies will be clearer. Afternoon showers for Bulgaria and Romania. Rain in east Belarus and Ukraine, dry with brighter skies breaking out west.
Denmark will be windy and wet. A widely wet day is likely across southern Sweden, as well as Norway where rain may be extensively heavy. Extensive rain across Estonia and southern Finland as well, the rain more patchy in neighboring areas. Only patchy rain in the north of Scandinavia and likely sunny in the far north.